After reading the following article on the pass rates for Financial Advisor exams for the Chartered Institute of Insurance, no one can accuse them of dumbing down for the extra qualification requirements....

The consumer pressure group Which? have suggested some very wise advice for clients when choosing an IFA. http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/adviser-news/which?-research-finds-wide-variations-in-advice-fees/1044368.article As well as price clients also need to think...

It is rare that I come to the defence of a Bank. Poor Barclays has been used by the Government as whipping boys to show how macho they are with regard to the retrospective tax law change. First, tax avoidance is legal. Second, the person or people who should be held...